restaurant

Dumpling Galaxy

Sweet & Savory Dumplings

42-35 Main St.(718) 461-0808www.dumplinggalaxy.com

In 2006, chef and owner Helen You got her start in downtown Flushing’s oldest food court, Golden Shopping Mall, at Tianjin Dumpling House, a stand named for her hometown where she learned to make dumplings from her grandmother. What started out as a small constellation of steamed dumplings has evolved into a universe of dough-wrapped delights, including Dumpling Galaxy’s off-menu lamb soup dumplings and Chef Helen’s personal favorite, pork and chive, along with dozens of others.

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Helen You is the chef and owner of Dumpling Galaxy in Flushing, Queens, which started as the Tianjin Dumpling House, a stall in the Golden Shopping Mall basement food court in 2006.

Helen was born in Tianjin, China, where her father was imprisoned in a labor camp for being a dissident. She learned the craft of dumpling making from her mother and grandmother. Before she became a restaurant owner, Helen worked for many years as a tax analyst.

Helen and her dumplings have been lauded in New York magazine, Serious Eats, Eater, and and the New York Times, which named Dumpling Galaxy a Critics' Pick and awarded it one star. A 2018 semi-finalist for the James Beard Award Foundation Best Chef New York City, she lives in New York with her family.

The “Flushing’s World Fair” expo is funded by the Neighborhood 360° Program, which was created by the New York City Department of Small Business Services to identify, develop, and launch commercial revitalization projects in partnership with local stakeholders. Through this program, the Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce and AAFE launched a three-year district marketing campaign called Flushing Fantastic. The Expo celebrates the end of the first year of Flushing Fantastic.